Delhi NCR

-June 11, 2022

‘Cool’ spots in Delhi to beat the heat

‘Cool’ spots in Delhi to beat the heat

As summer days in Delhi become unbearable for many, people have started visiting popular ‘cool’ spots like parks, and even the Delhi Metro, to beat the scorching heat

-June 10, 2022

How inclusive are city’s queer spaces?

How inclusive are city’s queer spaces?

Queer spaces are usually imagined as class-less and caste-less spaces where sexual identity predominantly rules. However, these sexual identities are mostly interwoven with class or other social landscapes that are often ignored within the framework of sexual politics

-June 9, 2022

Surgical spike: Rise in hysterotomies raise concern

Surgical spike: Rise in hysterotomies raise concern

India has witnessed a surge in the number of hysterectomies among young women. This is a cause for concern, for though the operation is regarded as a safe procedure, there are short-term and long-term risks

-June 9, 2022

UPSC coachings that help in building assets

UPSC coachings that help in building assets

Private coachings for civil services have become a profitable business over the years. Those who cannot afford to pay the huge fee coaching centres charge will be happy to know that they have an option at two residential academies in the capital charging a nominal fee

-June 7, 2022

HC asks authorities to examine feasibility of extending operational timing of places serving liquor

HC asks authorities to examine feasibility of extending operational timing of places serving liquor

The Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Police and Excise Commissioners to constitute a consultative group to examine the feasibility of extending the operational timing of places of public entertainment, which includes places serving liquor, up to 3 am

-June 6, 2022

Warm morning in city, maximum likely to settle at 44 degrees C

Warm morning in city, maximum likely to settle at 44 degrees C

Heatwave conditions are likely to prevail in isolated places of Delhi on Monday with the minimum temperature settling at 26.3 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average

-June 6, 2022

Delhi airport to induct 62 e-vehicles in 4 months to cut greenhouse gas emissions

Delhi airport to induct 62 e-vehicles in 4 months to cut greenhouse gas emissions

The Delhi airport will induct 62 electric vehicles in the next four months for its airside operations to reduce 1,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually, its operator DIAL said on Monday

-June 5, 2022

Chandni Chowk losing its shine

Chandni Chowk losing its shine

Old Delhi’s iconic market got a makeover at a cost of Rs 140 crore over the last four years. But traffic management and installation of CCTVs is yet to be done, and the infrastructure is already crumbling